Clonfert in the Papal Registers – Patrick Larkin

There is a collection of more than 2,000 volumes of official Vatican documentation from the late 1100’s to the late 1500’s in the Vatican Archives. It is made up of bulls, letters, appointments, and other instruments sent to ecclesiastical and other persons throughout the world. Patrick Larkin has examined these registers, and has extracted all those records relating to Clonfert Diocese. Added to these are the Petitions to the Popes, the Papal letters of Clement VII of Avignon, and the Patent Rolls of Kings Henry III to Edward III. Extensive references have been provided to explain the families and locations mentioned in these records. Indices to these references are provided listing the people, places and foundations mentioned.

“This material will be of great interest to students of history, whether Irish history, cultural history, family history or local history”. –Bishop John Kirby, Loughrea, 2016.